Abstract
We solve a problem of spontaneous emission from an atom trapped in a harmonic binding potential for several initial states of the center of mass: the ground state, the thermal state, and the coherent state. The spectral and temporal properties of the emitted light are discussed. We stress the role of the Doppler shift.
- Received 28 December 1994
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.52.1494
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